Vehicle crashes into trash bin

LOWER POTTSGROVE — Witnesses and bystanders helped an 81-year-old man from his car after he crashed into a trash bin at the CVS Pharmacy on East High Street on Saturday.

According to police, the man was in medical distress after his car hit the concrete and wood structure surrounding the container around 12:20 p.m.

He was taken to Pottstown Memorial Medical Center by Goodwill Ambulance but was flown to Lehigh Valley Hospital later. His current condition is unknown.

The Sunnyside Avenue resident was the only occupant of the dark green Mercury Grand Marquis, police said.

Witnesses told police that the man was driving erratically when he entered the pharmacy parking lot.

The car hit the structure head-on, and the impact caused the air bags to deploy. The hood of the car was crumpled like an accordian and the front bumper was completely off the car, attached to one of the wooden doors.

Oil from the car was running downhill toward a drainage area, so firefighters from the Sanatoga Fire Company laid down skimmers and barriers of an oil-soaking composite to keep it from entering the water system.